Shaft-hanger.



O. A. SCHMIDT.

SHAFT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 18, 1911.

1,043,631, Patented Nov. 5, 1912.

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0. A. SCHMIDT.

SHAFT HANGER. I

- APPLICATION TILED NOV.18, 1-911.

1,043,631 Patented N0v. 5, 1912.

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i To all whomitt may concern Y sT TEs PATENT OFFICE.

orro ALWIN SCHMIDT, or eHELi/isroni), ENGLAND, iissieivon TO-ITHE Horriuhim MANUFQGTURING COMPANY, LIMITED,'OF CHELMSFORD, ENGLAND.

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V pedestals and the like. such as brackets andyto' anti-friction bearings employed in same, the object being to provide better means for allowing for irregularity of line in the shafting in all directions, and to prevent side thrust coming upon-the races of the bearin'gs. r

'Pivoting hangers andthe like swinging in one plane are-well known and these have carried housings for ball'bearings capable and outer race rings with balls or rollers be-v tween and capable of rocking in a spherical of rotating in a plane at right angles thereto on pivots or trunnions and self-contained ball or roller bearings consisting of inner,

or other seat in a hanger or casing in all directions are also well known. The present invention consists in a combination ofa swinging hanger, pedestal, or the like, with the last inentioned-self-contained.

rocking ball or roller hearing which .presents considerable utility in providing for an elongation and contraction of the-shaft which is entirely unrestrained so. that side thrust is not allowed to .coine'upon the ballor other tracks by reason of movement of constructed toada t themselves to. v

The invention will be described in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which the shaft in any direction which they are Figure 1 is a cross section of-one form' of.

a hanger and bearing according to the invention; Fig.- 2 is a front elevation of the hanger and bearing shown in Fig. 1.

In the form illustrated as. an example in Figs. 1 and 2 a bearing of the known form is combined with a hanger comprising a housing-a preferably of cast iron which in the formshown is pivotally hung ona spin .dle b freely suspended by eye bolts c at three points, the bolts being capable in turn of be1n and of dieing adgusted and locked in posi-' tion by nuts 9, so that ad'ustment vertically can be provided for. he housing has Spetification of Letters Patent. Application filed Novemt er'18,1911. Serial No. 661,068.

attached to any convenient part,

preferably formed directly 'iiiyit the spheri *cal seat' d, in] which the corresponding Patented ov. 5,1912.

spherical face of the outer ring 6 of the bearing is capable of rocking. This bearing is of the known .typeaiid is inserted in its housing by turning the two" rings at right angles to the housing jand passing.

them into it through gaps ff, Fig. 2, which are provided for the purpose in the known manner or by any of the other suitable means or the bearing shown orasimilar class of bearing with spherical seats in a casing having an outer cylindrical surface can be inserted into the housing a ifthe in-- terior surface of the latter is .su'itably shaped to carry it and. means are employed for securing the additional casing referred to; or other classes of anti .frictio'n bearings having spherical or like seats can if so adapted be inserted direct into the suitable seat provided in housing a.

- It willbe seen that the whole of the housing can swing on the spindle b' so that side thrust is prevented from coming upon the ball races, and that irregularity of the shaft or'alinement is allowed for by the spherical seat only. In a line shafting so .con-

structed some side control must be allowed for, to prevent the-shafting swinging as a whole. For this purpose one of the hangers or the like is provided with means to prevent it' swinging. In Fig. 2 these means are shown. as a pin or screw 11 passing through one part of the'eye of one of the bolts 0 and entering the side of the housing. What I claim is;- Z

I In combination, a housing having a' spher'i- 1 cal "internal seating, a spindle on which 1 said housing is ,pivotally mounted, eye-bolts for supporting said spindle, a self contained annular ring anti friction bearing having a spherical surface on its outer ring adapted to fit into "said internal seating to enable itto rock in all directions inthe housing, and a pin passing through one of the eye-bolts and entering the side of the housing for locking same to prevent swinging.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand'in the presence of two subscribing w tnesses.

OTTO ALWIN SCHMIDT.

Witnesses:.-

W. BARNETT, C. A. BARRE'I'I. 

